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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini | Elliptio species Elliptio ahenea (Lea, 1843): synonymy
3 specimens Unio aheneus Lea, 1843
 Lea, 1843. [privately published sheet]: [1].
Lea, 1845. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 9 [O. 4]: 280 [38], pl. 41, fig. 9.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_86030, Black Creek, Florida.
Unio (sec. Elliptio) aheneus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) aheneus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) jayensis — R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio ahenea — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lee (2006), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025) | |
Unio waltoni B.H. Wright, 1888
 B.H. Wright, 1888. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 40: 114, pl. 2, fig. 3.
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_91145 (by R.I. Johnson, 1967: 10), Lake Woodruff, Fla.
Unio (sec. Elliptio) waltoni — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) waltoni — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) jayensis — R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio waltoni — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lee (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012)
Elliptio ahenea — Williams et al. (2011), Williams et al. (2014), Williams et al. (2017), Graf & Cummings (2021), MolluscaBase (2024) | |
Unio ahaeneus Sowerby, 1866
 Sowerby, 1866. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 36, sp. 194 [as ‘ahæneus’].
(error for Unio aheneus Lea, 1843) | |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)Unio (sec. Elliptio) aheneus — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) waltoni — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Elliptio (s.s.) aheneus — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) waltoni — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Elliptio (s.s.) jayensis — R.I. Johnson (1972), Burch (1975)
Elliptio ahenea — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lee (2006), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), MolluscaBase (2024), FMCS (2025)
Elliptio waltoni — Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), Turgeon et al. (1998), Lee (2006), Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Cummings & Graf (2010), IUCN (2011), ITIS (2012), Haag (2012)
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